…to address forum via video conference 

WeLead Caribbean has announced the inclusion of Her Imperial Highness Princess Ariana Austin Makonnen of Ethiopia as a speaker to the 3rd Annual Women’s Leadership and Business Conference, PowHERful: Transition from Inspiration to Action.

This year’s event will be held on September 18 and 19, from 9:00 hours to 4:00 hours at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, WeLead said in a release. Princess Ariana Makonnen was born on January 6, 1984, to an American father and Guyanese mother. She is a member of the Ethiopian imperial family and the House of Solomon through her marriage to Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen, the great-grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie I. Her grandfather was former Georgetown Mayor, John Meredith Forde.

Her Imperial Highness Princess Ariana would be delivering a speech on cultural entrepreneurship which would be followed by a question and answer segment and she is said to be excited to be addressing her Guyanese community, WeLead said.

“Princess Ariana is a philanthropist and entrepreneur with invaluable experience and knowledge to be shared at this year’s conference. We are honored to have her and we look forward to learning from her” said Abbigale Loncke, President of WeLead Caribbean. And to have Yvette Noel-Schure lead our line-up of speakers this year means that we are going to be in the company of really great women.”

Speakers include: First Lady of Guyana H.E Mrs Sandra Granger, Kerensa Gravesande-Bart, Shalini Beharry, Dr. Vishnu Doerga, John E. Housty, Michelle Nicholas, Jacequelyn Shipe, Maria Fernanda Córdova Sánchez, Latoya A. West-Blackwood, Sharon Lalljee-Richard, Dr. Patricee Douglas, Rosh Khan, Marissa Lowden, Debbie Houston, Ronald J. Daniels, Dason Anthony, Javanni Arthur, Jennifer Cipriani, Cynthia Jagnandan, Avia Maria Lindie, Saelese Haynes, Latoya Jack, Coleen Abrams, Suean Seewnarayan, Marva Langevine, Tamika Henry Fraser among others.